Monitoring method and apparatus, device, and storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a listening method, a listening device, user equipment and a storage medium, which belong to the technical field of wireless communication. The method includes: listening in to a first frequency band group including p first frequency bands, p is a positive integer; in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, listening in to the second frequency band group including q second frequency bands, q is a positive integer; where the first frequency bands and the second frequency bands are on an unlicensed frequency spectrum, and the listening priority of the first frequency band is higher than that of the second frequency band. The listening method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can reduce the energy consumed by the UE while listening in to the frequency bands on the unlicensed spectrum.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A listening method, comprising:
 listening in to a first frequency band group, wherein the first frequency band group comprises p first frequency bands, and p is a positive integer; 
 listening in to a second frequency band group in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, wherein the second frequency band group comprises q second frequency bands, and q is a positive integer; 
 wherein 
 the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are on an unlicensed spectrum, and a listening priority of the p first frequency bands is higher than the listening priority of the q second frequency bands; 
 the method further comprises: receiving a listening frequency band set from a base station, wherein the listening frequency band set comprises at least two frequency bands on the unlicensed spectrum required to be listened by user equipment (UE), and the listening frequency band set comprises the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands; 
 wherein the listening in to a first frequency band group comprises: 
 after receiving the listening frequency band set from the base station, acquiring the p first frequency bands form the listening frequency band set to form the first frequency band group; and 
 listening in to the first frequency band group; 
 the method further comprises: acquiring priority information, wherein the priority information is used for indicating listening priorities of frequency bands included in the listening frequency band set; 
 wherein the listening in to a second frequency band group in response to determining that the p frequency bands are all occupied comprises:
 in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, acquiring the q second frequency bands, the listening priority of which is lower than that of the p first frequency bands, from the listening frequency band set according to the priority information, so as to form the second frequency band group; and 
 listening in to the second frequency band group. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are on different component carriers (CC); or
 the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are in different bandwidth parts (BWP). 
 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the listening frequency band set is sent to the UE from the base station after the UE accesses and operates on the unlicensed spectrum. 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the acquiring the p first frequency bands from the listening frequency band set to form the first frequency band group after receiving the listening frequency band set sent from the base station comprises:
 after receiving the listening frequency band set sent from the base station, acquiring the p first frequency bands with the highest listening priority from the listening frequency band set according to the priority information, so as to form the first frequency band group. 
 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the priority information is a preset information; or
 the priority information is sent to the UE by the base station through channel occupation time COT deployed for the UE; or 
 the priority information is sent to the UE by the base station through a higher layer signaling or a physical layer signaling. 
 
     
     
       6. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the UE comprises m radio frequency modules, m is a positive integer, each of the radio frequency modules corresponds to a frequency band set, and said radio frequency module is used for listening in to frequency bands in a corresponding frequency band set, wherein the frequency band set comprises at least one frequency band in the listening frequency band set, and the listening priority of the frequency band in the frequency band set is the same as the listening priority of the radio frequency module corresponding to the frequency band set;
 the priority information is obtained according to the listening priorities of the m radio frequency modules. 
 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the listening in to a second frequency band group in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied comprises:
 in response to continuously determining for n times that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, listening in to the second frequency band group, wherein n is a preset number of times of listening in to the first frequency band group, and n is a positive integer. 
 
     
     
       8. The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the number of times n of listening in to the first frequency band group is sent to the UE by the base station through a high layer signaling or a physical layer signaling. 
     
     
       9. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the listening in to a second frequency band group in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied comprises:
 in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied within a target duration, listening in to the second frequency band group. 
 
     
     
       10. The method according to  claim 9 , wherein the target duration is sent to the UE by the base station through a high layer signaling or a physical layer signaling. 
     
     
       11. A listening method, comprising:
 sending a listening frequency band set to user equipment (UE), wherein the listening frequency band set comprises at least two frequency bands on an unlicensed spectrum required to be listened by the UE; 
 sending priority information to the UE, wherein the priority information is used for indicating listening priorities of the frequency bands included in the listening frequency band set; 
 wherein the UE is configured to: 
 after receiving the listening frequency band set from the base station, acquire a p first frequency bands from the listening frequency band set to form a first frequency band group; 
 listen in to the first frequency band groups; 
 in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, acquire q second frequency bands, the listening priority of which is lower than that of the p first frequency bands, from the listening frequency band set according to the priority information, so as to form a second frequency band group; and 
 listen in to the second frequency band group; 
 wherein the first frequency band group comprises the p first frequency bands, and the second frequency band group comprises the q second frequency bands, p and q are positive integers, the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are in the listening frequency band set. 
 
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are on different component carriers (CC); or
 the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are in different bandwidth parts (BWP). 
 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the listening frequency band set is sent to the UE by the base station after the UE accesses and operates on the unlicensed spectrum. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the priority information is sent to the UE by the base station through channel occupation time COT deployed for the UE; or
 the priority information is sent to the UE by the base station through a higher layer signaling or a physical layer signaling. 
 
     
     
       15. A base station implementing the listening method according to  claim 11 , comprising:
 a processor; and 
 memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; 
 wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute steps of the listening method. 
 
     
     
       16. User equipment (UE), comprising:
 a processor; and 
 memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; 
 wherein the processor is configured to: 
 listen in to a first frequency band group, wherein the first frequency band group comprises p first frequency bands, and p is a positive integer; 
 listen in to a second frequency band group in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, wherein the second frequency band group comprises q second frequency bands, and q is a positive integer; 
 wherein the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands are on an unlicensed spectrum, and a listening priority of the p first frequency bands is higher than the listening priority of the q second frequency bands; 
 wherein the processor is further configured to: 
 receive a listening frequency band set from a base station, wherein the listening frequency band set comprises at least two frequency bands on the unlicensed spectrum required to be listened by user equipment (UE), and the listening frequency band set comprises the p first frequency bands and the q second frequency bands; 
 after receiving the listening frequency band set from the base station, acquire the p first frequency bands from the listening frequency band set to form the first frequency band group; and 
 listen in to the first frequency band group; 
 wherein the processor is further configured to: 
 acquire priority information, wherein the priority information is used for indicating listening priorities of frequency bands included in the listening frequency band set; 
 in response to determining that the p first frequency bands are all occupied, acquire the q second frequency bands, the listening priority of which is lower than that of the p first frequency bands, from the listening frequency band set according to the priority information, so as to form the second frequency band group; and 
 listen in to the second frequency band group. 
 
     
     
       17. The UE according to  claim 16 , wherein the UE operating on the unlicensed spectrum is configured to first listen in to the p first frequency bands with higher priority on the unlicensed spectrum, and then listen in to the q second frequency bands with lower priority only when the UE fails to transmit communication data through the p first frequency bands. 
     
     
       18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer programs, wherein the computer programs, when executed by a processing component, cause the processing component to execute the listening method according to  claim 1 .